... rather than doing that in do_move_mount(). That's the main obstacle to moving the protection of ->mnt_expire from namespace_sem to mount_lock (spinlock-only), which would simplify several failure exits. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namespace.c | 9 +++------ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c index 7dffe9f71896..d9ad214b3fec 100644 --- a/fs/namespace.c +++ b/fs/namespace.c @@ -2655,6 +2655,9 @@ static int attach_recursive_mnt(struct mount *source_mnt, if (moving) { umount_mnt(source_mnt); mnt_notify_add(source_mnt); + /* if the mount is moved, it should no longer be expired + * automatically */ + list_del_init(&source_mnt->mnt_expire); } else { if (source_mnt->mnt_ns) { LIST_HEAD(head); @@ -3631,12 +3634,6 @@ static int do_move_mount(struct path *old_path, goto out; err = attach_recursive_mnt(old, p, mp); - if (err) - goto out; - - /* if the mount is moved, it should no longer be expire - * automatically */ - list_del_init(&old->mnt_expire); out: unlock_mount(mp); if (!err) { -- 2.39.5